Louis van Gaal claims David De Gea will stay at Manchester United

Despite not being part of United’s matchday squads this season, Van Gaal insists De Gea won’t be sold

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal said that the club won’t be selling wantaway goalkeeper David de Gea in the present transfer window, Sky Sports reports. The Dutchman also made an indirect reference to Pedro’s transfer to Chelsea claiming that United never seriously pursued the former Barcelona forward.

Spanish international De Gea is interested in returning to his home country with Real Madrid interested in bringing in the keeper to succeed Iker Casillas who moved to Porto this summer. The Spanish club, however, have been unwilling to match United’s £35-million valuation of the 24-year-old who is in the final year of his contract at Old Trafford.

Recent reports had suggested that Real, who promoted Keylor Navas as the club’s first-choice goalkeeper following Casillas’ departure and also signed Kiko Casilla from Espanyol as backup, were willing to wait for a year in an effort to sign De Gea on a free transfer next summer. In fact, the report stated that they will offer the young custodian £12 million as signing on fee to see out his contract with the English club.

Van Gaal has kept De Gea out of the matchday squads for all of United’s matches this season citing a lack of focus on the player’s part but insists that he won’t be sold this summer.

“We are not selling De Gea," he said.

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